Big 5 safari sightings for the week of  3 – 9 September ’23

 

Sunday 3 September 2023

  • 1 Black Rhino cow and calf
  • 200 Buffalo at Mhisi road grazing
  • 2 Wild dogs at Mhisi road heading south
  • 30 Elephants at Olifants road heading north
  • 6 Lion cubs at Singwe boma resting
  • 2 Spotted Hyaena and 2 cubs at Pondoro Hyaena den
  • 2 Leopardesses at Ngwenya dam
  • 3 Elephant bulls at Mamba road feeding
  • 4 Lionesses (Kudyela breakaways) and 4 cubs on Xindzele resting
  • 1 male Leopard at Pondoro main/Matsongo junction heading west

 

 

 

Monday 4 September 2023

  • 10 Elephants at Xindzele feeding
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) at Dean’s dam resting
  • 50 Buffalo at middle road grazing
  • 5 Lionesses (Kudyela breakaways) and 4 cubs at Xindzele road
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) and 2 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) at Deans dam
  • 1 White Rhino bull

 

Tuesday 5 September 2023

  • 5 Lionesses (Kudyela breakaways) and 4 cubs at 8/9 cutline
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male), 4 Lionesses and 6 cubs at Elephant dam
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • 2 Elephant bulls at Zebra weg
  • 1 Leopardess at Munti road
  • 40 Buffalo at middle road grazing
  • 5 Lionesses (Kudyela breakaways) and 4 cubs at River lodge main

 

 

 

Wednesday 6 September 2023

  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male), 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Phiva road
  • 5 Lionesses (Kudyela breakaways) and 4 cubs at Rhulan’s dam
  • 3 Elephant bulls at Lodges loop feeding
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male) 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs at Mhisi road
  • 1 Elephant bull at Jenny’s loop feeding
  • 1 Spotted Hyaena and 2 cubs at Pondoro Hyaena den

 

 

 

Thursday 7 September 2023

  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male), 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs south of Mhisi road feeding on a Buffalo
  • 1 White Rhino bull
  • 2 Black Rhino
  • 4 Elephant bulls at Wormhole
  • 2 Elephant bulls at Andre se pad

 

 

Friday 8 September 2023

  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male), 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs south of Mhisi road
  • 1 female Leopard south of Nonwane airstrip
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male), 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs south of Mhisi road
  • 4 White Rhino’s

 

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Saturday 9 September 2023

  • 1 Leopardess at Dean’s dam
  • 4 Wild dogs at Dean’s dam
  • 1 Black Rhino cow and calf
  • 30 Elephants at East/West cutline feeding
  • 2 Leopardesses at Dean’s dam
  • 4 Wild dogs at Deans dam
  • 50 Buffalo at Oxford main
  • 1 male Lion (Masungulo male), 4 Lionesses (Kudyela pride) and 6 cubs south of Mhisi road

 

These were all the amazing sightings seen on safari for the week ending 9 September ’23.